Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a34e5f4a67f644be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:50:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 747bf830fd1e7dcbfdca26fbb3328064 SHA-1: e13839416a7d033486fe8490881a951d1698d32a SHA-256: a34e5f4a67f644be95fa123fb24c8c59c8bf0005c2a4741067100b2c3faff01c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded URLs are likely part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c3bea6deb8c15016c6deb06b1edfe75/41673492386.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/fawonebelupamekoporeserow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euh1qk32ghr1ii0gb6ps592tl7/vuteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607524dab1340---66283917153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bc3677dfc---zujolewapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/615e79345abd4df2f6878a6a8c4c3868/rebivogumiruwajodibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/670e668feb160da6a80ae6c9e9995d64/18337589402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e43abd7c6b52704dcf18f5b8f42ab646/todopolifesotujovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/urs5j110m147cjhcvluoqum0mb/tuxatewirogut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2736b20aef---45934677748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24106e4576a03bbf5c101f65fa3d93a9/munepogafikelari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1306d5c777725fed826a11cf6dd607e2/xilujegozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyline1968.com/clients/74864/File/napikonukevebobatosofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/386851b7c169895f15646baeccb0004e/2117644551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ad9a005f2---39453982335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/90538161740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79f5c9ffce---lazivika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/14472795536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b7b65873b---mubasubonowunigovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adeb4f1b41f---14051877356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9a5f3df2f---zores.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e06b2df336db11259e0ec0ce7555232/39432285540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/xotolibiberikuzugunan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inarchengineering.it/userfiles/files/6408013092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecnoservizi.com/userfiles/files/49465024169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+is+one+shot+glass+in+ouncesPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCCC 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 77e9cc680a1dbd5ab4c14830190808766fdd0770a73230bdabee59e204044df5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA1F 10752 bytes
SHA-256: dac2acdd44519aa864099608369198fea3e74bea9f7e8568fa35e1a8527cebb3
font_02_sfnt_off000112be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1